
Comedian Katt Williams has been jailed in Georgia on charges of burglary and criminal trespassing. A deputy at the jail in Coweta County, southwest of Atlanta, confirmed Williams was being held there and that a magistrate was expected to set bond at an arraignment Monday afternoon. The deputy did not have access to a police report to provide more details. Williams’ real name is Micah Williams. He’s known for his appearances on BET and HBO, including an HBO special, “Katt Williams: Pimp Chronicles Part 1,” which was shot in Atlanta. He also had roles in the movies “Friday After Next” and “Norbit.” It was unclear Monday morning if Williams had an attorney.
A 4-year-old boy covered in bruises was found unconscious in his Brooklyn home on Friday and died at the hospital, sources said. Jayden Lenescar’s mother, Myrna Chen Phang, summoned authorities to their Crown Heights apartment with a 2:30 p.m. call to 911, police said. “They took the boy out on a stretcher,” said a neighbor, Anna Gilliam, 49. “His mother was hollering, ‘Lord, no, don’t let my baby die! Don’t let nothing happen to him!’” Emergency workers put an oxygen mask on Jayden and were performing CPR as they rushed him to the ambulance, Gilliam said. Jayden was taken to Kings County Hospital and was pronounced dead, police said. Read the rest of this entry »

Kenneth Douglas, 56, was already in prison after he was convicted in 2008 of having sex with the corpse of 19-year-old Karen Range of Cincinnati in 1982.
Douglas was charged in February with two more counts of abuse of corpse for allegedly sexually abusing two more women’s bodies in 1991. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said DNA linked the two cases to Douglas.
Douglas initially pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned in February, but changed his plea to guilty on Monday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Screams filled the evening sky as family members try to cope with what happened Monday in a South Memphis community. Two children, 2-year old Catareon Dunn and 3-year old Ladareon Dunn, were left home alone shortly before a fire broke out
Officials responded to a house fire call at 1236 Effie Road off Mt. Moriah.
The two boys were left unattended while their mother and aunt left the house to go drop off a friend. Sometime after that, 911 received a call from neighbors saying the house was on fire. Read the rest of this entry »